Dear Editor:

On Monday. July 23,0 Wesi
Vancouver District Council, to a
man, voted down a praposed
senior citizens housing co-op. The
well-heeled residents of the British
Properties successfully Jobbied
against seniors housing in their
back yards.

West Van, with more than
7,600 seniors, has approved only
163 units of seniors housing in the
past four veurs. The Kirkside
Seniors Co-op would have provid-
ed 40 senior citizens with moder-
ate-priced housing in the
neighborhoods in which they had
lived for years.

This co-op was organized and
financed by 40 seniors without
any government subsidies on land
which was being provided at a
very favorable rate by the West
Vancouver Baptist Church. AI
that they needed was approval
from their neighbors and their

Help earthquake victims

Dear Editor:

As World Vision representative |

and as an immigrant from the
Philippines, [ would like to
challenge your readers to help the
thousands of families devastated
by the carthquake which struck
Northern Luzon on July 16.

Before the earthquake, the
Philippines could be likened to a
woman who was struggling to
stand on her own two feet with a
heavy burden on her shoulders.
This burden is a combination of
political uncertainty, economic
mismanagement, and bureaucratic
corruption — all of which are real
and persistent legacies of the 20-
year Marcos dictatorship.

With the 7.7 earthquake, which
destroyed 44 major buildings and
thousands of homes, it was as if a
rug was pulled from under this al-
ready over-burdened woman.

She needs our help. We have to
give her our support.

World Vision, which has had
projects in the Philippines since
1955, responded immediately by
giving blankets, food, and water
purification tablets to hundreds of
affected families. Rescue equip-
ment, such as heavy-duty lamps
and %-inch hose, were donated to
the Office of Civil Defence less
than 24 hours after the earth-
quake.

World Vision, which has 43,000
sponsored children in the Philip-
pines, aims to help the affected
families rebuild their homes. Be-
fore the earthquake, World Vision
alloted U.S.53.6 million for its
child sponsorship and community
development projects in the

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W. Van housing policy disappoints

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council with those who are con-

Housing Network

Wednescay. August 22. 1990 - North Shore News - 7

These seniors have options. cerned about affordable housing. (CPI is a Christian social justice AP WEEK
They can afford to compete for Craig Vance, organization; Mustard Seed i
scarce seniors housing somewhere Co-director, Citizens for Public group of Christians and churches
else in the Lower Mainiand. But Justice working ta resolve the housing
somewhere down the line 40 Spokesperson, Mustard Seed — crisis.) Welcome Back!
seniors who cannot afford to ‘

compete will be pushed over the
line into poverty.

Housing is a fundamental
human right and when we face a
housing crisis, the actions of West
Van Council and residents of the
British Properties should be nam-
ed for what they are: shortsighted
at best and incredibly selfish at
worst.

Self-interest has been allowed to
triumph over justice.

Unless the council is prepared
to provide an alternative site at a
comparable price, West Van-
couver’s 7,000 seniors should avail
themselves of the opportunity in
this fall's municipal elections to
replace the existing mayor and

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